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' 2 Sheets-lShevet 2. L. V. SONE.

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No. 309,319. Patented' Deo. 16, 1884.

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llnirrnn Smarts Partnr @trimm LOUIS V. SQNE, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.,

FILLER.

'SPECFCATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 309,319, dated Decemb 16, 1884.

Application filed August 8,1883. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS V. SONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Yorkin the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Filler or Apparatus for Filling Gans, Src., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an'improvement in fillers, and the objects of my improvements are to ll cans, casks, or their equivalents with oil or other substances that will flow, to fill a large number at the same time, and to do other work connected therewith quickly and economically. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompany ing drawings, in which- Figure l represents a front view of my improvement. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a front view showing the graduated scale and the binding-screw.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

lparatus for controlling the flow through x.

A represents a small tank connected with the large reservoir or source of supply, (not shown in the drawings,) in which the oil to be put into cans is stored.

B represents a small tank connected with A.

K represents a weight that is moved, by means of a lever or other device, up and down in A, and is made so as to leave space enough between it and the sides of A to allow the oil to pass. v

q represents a lever or a device for raising and lowering the weight Kin the tank A. In Fig. .l is shown a bar or rope of Q, attached to the top oi K and running through the top of A, and which is connected with the lever and handle of g, (shown in Fig. 2,) by which the weight is worked.

.fr represents a pipe that connects the main reservoir with A.

y represents the handle of any suitable apn c represent pipes connected with a a and running through B.

b I) represent the cans to be filled. c c represent the funnels for filling the cans amount a c will hold, and are attached to a rod in B.

e represents a crank governing cocks in the pipes c n, which cocks control the flow of the oil through the pipes.

f represents a crankV by which the funnels c c are raised from and lowered into the openings in the cans b b.

fu v represent valves in the pipes c n.

c represents a rod to which the Valves '0' e are attached.

j" represents a rod to which the funnels c c are attached.

w represents the positions of the iunnels c c when lowered.

C C represent two large wheels on which are hung benches.

o o represent handles for turning the wheels g g g g represent benches hung on O C, in' tended to receive the cans b b, and so hung on C C as, by the swinging mechanism shown in the drawings,` that the cans b b, when on them, will, unless interfered with, maintain the same upright position during revolutions of the wheels C C.

on represents a catch that, by means of slots in the hub of one of the wheels G, will hold the wheels C C steady while the cans Z) b are being filled, 8vo.

n n represent the slotsone for each bench` into which m catches.

j represents a gage for determining the height of the oil in B.

p represents a graduated screw at the end of the rod to which d d are attached, i'or raising the plungers d d from and lowering them into the measures a a, and graduated to show what amount of oil in a a the plungers d d are displacing.

h represents about the height ot the oil in B when K is raised in A.

t' represents about the height of the oil in B when K-is lowered.

i z represents a trough under the benches.

t t represents small wheels on g g, which catch on the side of the trough z, and tilt g g so that the cans b Z fall off.

8 s represent pins on g g, which, when g g are IOO tilted and the cans Z1 b fall oit', catch under the cans b b, there being one for each can, and turn them over.

In Fig. 1 parts of A and B are removed, to show their interiors.

In Fig. 2 the benches g g g g are represented in their positions when m is caught in one of the slots n n, and the positions of each row of cans on the benches are shown by one of the cans on each row, and are numbered for the purposes of description.

gw represents a bench in position to receive the cans to be lled.

9(2) represents the position oi' a bench with a row of cans in position to be llcd.

gt3) represents a bench with a row of cans in a convenient position to have the openings of the cans closed.

gm represents a bench discharging its row of cans and about to turn them, so that if the cans x leak at any place it may be discovered.

rlhe wheels G C may be of solid pieces, or may be composed of arms. Both constructions are shown in Fig. 2. l

The manner of working my invention is as follows: rlhe weight Kis raised, and oil is admitted through the pipe x until the oil in the tanks A and B has reached about the line hthat is, a little below the tops of the measures c a. A row of cans, Z1 b, is placed on a bench g, as shown at gi/),(reference now being had to Fig. 2, in which, as we have said, the positions of the row of cans on each bench during the turning of the wheels C C are shown by one of the cans on each bench.) rlhe wheels C C are turned by the handle o o or other device until Athe row of cans to be iilled and resting on a bench g are under the funnels c c, (shown at gi?) and in Fig. 1,) when the catch m will fall into a slot n and hold the benches in place. The weight K in the tank A is then lowered,

when the oil will rise in the tanks A and B to l `from the measures c a are then opened by means of the crank c, and all the oil in the measures a a runs through the pipes o e, through the funnels cc, into the cans b Z1, when each can b will be iilled with the amount held by each one of the measures a @,for by the mechanism hereinafter described each measure a is made to hold the exact quantity or weightitv is desired to put in each of the cans b. rlhe funnels c c are then raised, the cocks in the pipes o e are closed by the crank c, the

catch m is released from the slot n, and another quarter of a turn is made olthe wheels C C, by which another row of empty cans b b is brought in position to be filled, as just described,` Vhen the second row of cans is in tached.

position to be lled, Lf/(z), the cans of the first rowiilled are in the position shown at gis), where they are conveniently held to have their openings closed by screwing a cap on, soldering, or otherwise. A third quarter of a turn of C C is made, a third row of cans is brought into position to be filled, gm, the cans of the second row to have their openings closed, gw), and the cans ofthe first row be moved around on their bench until the small wheels t t on the bench have struck the side of the trough z under the bench, the bench is tilted, and the cans tipped off, as shown at gm. A fourth quarter of a turn of the wheels C G brings a fourth row of cans into position to be iilled, the cans of the third row to have their openings closed conveniently, the second row in the position shown at gmhand the irst row of cans has been discharged from its bench and turned over by means of the pins 8 s catching under the bottoms ofthe cans, and are ready to be removed, and, having been turned over, any leakage would be discovered, while the bench g on which they rested is in the position shown at 9V), again ready to have another Y row of cans placed on it.

The measures are made to hold any desired amount by means of the plungers, which may be controlled by various means, one of which is what I designate as the graduated screw77 p, and that is what is sometimes called a binding screw, the nut ot' which moves alongside of a graduated scale. This graduated screw is a metal bar running into the tank through a vertical slit, in which it may be moved up or down. The bar in the tank is at a right angle to and is tirmly connected with the rod to which the plungers are at- The end of the bar outside the tank is threaded, and has a binding-nut working on it, by which the bar and the rod to which the plungers are attached are held in any desired place by screwing the nut tight against the outside ofthe tank. Fastened to the bar on the inside of the tank and close against its side is a piece of metal, leather, or rubber, which works up and down with the bar, and which is made of a proper shape and size to prevent the escape of any oil through the vertical slit in which the screw moves, and which acts against the inside of the tank when the binding-nut is turned to press against the outside. When the nut is raised or lowered, itis evident that the plungers will be raised or lowered in the measures. To the outside of the tank, and next to the Vertical slit, is a graduated scale. The piece otmetal, rubber, or leather attached to the bar inside lthe tank may in small machines be made of such size and shape as to give all the support required by the rod to which the plungers are attached, but in machines where more support is required the bar may run through the opposite side of the tank and move in a corresponding` vertical slit,and have a corresponding piece of metal, rubber, or leather to prevent the escape of any oil, and have on the outside either a corresponding binding-nut, and, if desired, a

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in the mul; above und below Lhe tops of the l0. The combination, in a measuring-cans, substantially :Ls :und 'for the Wheels C :md the benches g purposes described. wheels (.1 (.1, m1l stm1tiallynsj n 9. The combination of the wheels C C, the .poses described. benches r/g, hong` on the wheels C C, the small LOUI Wheels t t, and pins s s on the benches g g, the XVitnesSes: cate/11m, slots n 11 and trough s, substantially :1s and for the purposes desc-.l-il'm'l.

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cale, or simply ailead ,ihich will the outsideot th, tank| when thel is tightened, and which maybe `ngorlowcringtlreplungers. '.lhe od to which thelplnngers are at- `site to the end on which thcgradns shown in Figl 1A may be operated le well-known ways, that the rod sed and lowered evenly through- .re length; but I prel'er to have crews at each end, solas to secure rey. The scale may be graduated on 0r previous experiments, as by leasures with oil, which should be d the largest quantity ol' oil it is d to put in a cau by the machine, nnount is known, and then lowerigers until there has been an over- `ach measure ol", say, one gallon. ',hen made on thcseale opposite to -nut, which mark will then indiien the uut ot' the screw is oppo- `eh measure holds one gallon less before. By similar experiments s may be determined on the scale ot' the capacity t themeasures lit ofthe screw is opposite to them. hould be graduated according to le made ot' the iiller, as many subsold by weight, as ol'ten oil is. ln a the scale maybe graduated by lents described, excepting that the 1e oil which each measure will h old rmined, and then the oil as it overghed instead of measured. iwings, A and P are connected by lalfot' the height of 13. ln many ctter to have the entire end oll L; but it is onlyT required that the sui'iieiently large to allow a rapid atever substance is being passed lhe. trough also catches any ol' the yhat is being passed through the scapes by leakage, Sie. ks, small barrels, ete., may be iilled proven'ient, and the number ot' ached to the wheels t) (l may be uit the size of thelar-ticlll it is dea slot, a, having, been made l'or wish to limit mysel l1' to the method yhe wheels C C, or tothe single de nd n torholding thel wheels, or to under the filler l'or catching the or for the purpose et' controlling ls d d to the graduated screw p, or q; nor do l wish to limit my inil to any particular sizes, l'or they structed for any, capacity, vfor any cans that is desired; nor to the e tanks, as they may be closed or their tops, and muy be square or lily described my invention, what I anni and secure by Letters Patent l nnbination ot' the tank A, containl i i ,ing a weight, K, and connected with a tank, 'l-, the tank l, containing plungers dd, at-

tached to a rod controlled by a graduated screw, p, and the measurilig-cans a. n., each having a pipe, o le, having a valve at their lower ends, and running through the tank Il and ending over the funnels c c, the cranks j and e, the i'unnels c c, the wheels C C, the benches f/ y, hung on t-hewhcels C C, the small wheels t t, and pins s s on benches g g, the catch m, slots n n, and trough s, substantially as and l'or the purposes described.

2. 'lhe combination ofthe tank A, containing a weight, l., and connected with a tank, l, the tank ll, containing plungers L d, at.- tached to a rod controlled by a graduated screw, p, and the measures u, u., having pipes n o, having a valve at their lower ends, and running through the tank 13 into the tunnels c c, the cranks 1' and c, and the tunnels c c, substantially as andi'or the purposes described.

3. rlhe combination o'l' the tank. B, containing plungers d d, attached to a rod controlled by graduated screw p, and the measures c a, having pipes t fr, having 'a valve at their lower ends, and running through the tank B into the l'unnels c c, the cranks j and c, the tunnels c c, the wheels C (J, the benches g 0, hung on the wheels G C, and the small wheels t t, pins s s on benches r/ y, and the trough .2', substantially as and for the purposes Clef scribed.

4. The combination ol' the tank B, containing plnngers d d, attached to a rod controlled by graduated s 'erew p, and the measures a n., having pipes n n, having a valve at their lower ends, and running through the tank l into the l'unnels c c, the eranksj' and c, and the 'tunnels c (.1, si'ibstautially as and Vl'or the purposes described.

5. lhe combination, in a liller, ol" a tank containing a weight, a second tank contain ing measuring-cans, the measuri 11g-cans being provided with outlets l'rom the second tank, and plungers d (l, having a suitable mechanism l'or raising and lowering them, as described, substantially as and l'or the purposes described.

l. The combination, in a .liller,` ot' a tank eontaininga weight, and a second tank containing measuring-cans, the im :asur'ingeans being provided with outlets i'roi'n the second tank, substantially as and t'or the purposes described. l

7. rlhe combination, in a iiller, ot' a tank, a second tank containing measuring-cans, the measuringeans being provided with. outlets from the second tank, and i'nechanism, sub" stantially as described, for raising and lower` ing the substance in both tanks, substantially as and i'or the purposes described.

S. rlhe combination, in a filler, ot a tank containing measuring cans, the measuring cans being provided with outlets from the tank, and mechanism, substantially as described, l'or raising and lowering thesnbstance IOO IlO 

